Location. 43° 39.823′ N, 124° 11.892′ W. Marker is in Reedsport, Oregon, in Douglas County. Marker is on Lighthouse Road west of Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker, located within Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, is a metal tablet mounted near ground level on a large stone in front of the subject building. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1020 Lighthouse Road, Reedsport OR 97467, United States of America.

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Also see . . . 1. http://www.hp-nw.com/images/Thesis/Chap07%20Umpqua.pdf.
(link includes 1939 photo of the Station House)
The second of the four Roosevelt-type stations to be built on the Oregon Coast. These stations followed a standard plan developed by the Coast Guard and were for the most part built during Franklin Roosevelt’s administration.
The station house was completely symmetrical across the front.
Colonial Revival detailing was represented by multi-pane windows flanked by operable shutters, large classical corner boards, Tuscan columns, eave returns, a water table with cap, and metal railings in classical motifs.
18 men were stationed there in 1956 and many more during WWII. (Submitted on January 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Coast Guard Umpqua River Lifeboat Station.
The historic U.S. Coast Guard Umpqua River Lifeboat Station, built in 1939 near the lighthouse, is now the Umpqua Lighthouse Museum, owned by Douglas County. (Submitted on January 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

By Cosmos Mariner, June 26, 2015

3. U.S.C.G. Station Umpqua River National Register of Historic Places Plaque

3. Umpqua lifeboats continue work of generations past.
There were a scant eight men attached to the Umpqua River Lifeboat Station located on the North Spit near old Umpqua City when it opened in 1891.
The men stationed at the old lifeboat station were part of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service -- there was no Coast Guard. Clad in wool sweaters, the men paddled to sea in wooden whaling boats.
In 1915, by Executive Order, the Life-Saving and Revenue Cutter services merged to create the U.S. Coast Guard. Using Dobbins self-bailing, self-righting wooden lifeboats, the North Spit station stayed in operation until 1939, when a new station was built near the Umpqua River Lighthouse. (Submitted on January 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2018. This page originally submitted on January 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 35 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.